As a Hindi name
आना · masculine
coming, arrival
आना · masculine
an anna (¹⁄₁₆ of an Indian rupee); one sixteenth of any item
Śabdasāgara also records: बैठा हुआ । विराजमान
Platts (p. 55) also records: Seated, sitting
Cited formation "आसीन" is आस + -ईन: आस means "hope, aspiration", and the suffix -ईन forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §10(5) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "आसीन" is आसी + -न: आसी means "सर्प का विषैला दाँत", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "आसीन" is आ- + सीन: सीन means "दृश्य । दृश्यपट", and the prefix आ- forms until; contrary. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(8) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit आपयति — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep- Sanskrit आप् (āp) Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Sanskrit -अयति (-ayati) Sanskrit आपयति (āpayati) Prakrit आवेइ (āvei) Hindi आना Inherited from Old Hindi आना (ānā), आवनां (āvanāṃ), from Prakrit आवइ (āvaï), आवेइ (āve…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit अन्न — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sanskrit अन्न (anna).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
anna mfn. (√ ad), eaten, L.
anna (annam), n. food or victuals, especially boiled rice
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
sitting, seated.
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M3 · meaning shifts "āsīna" is derived from "ās" with the khañ suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. ās ind. (an interjection implying joy, anger, menace, pain, affliction, recollection) Ah! Oh! &c.
2. ās cl. 2. Ā. āste (and āsate, AV. xi, 8, 32, &c.; Impv. 2. sg. ās-sva, āsva, and āsasva; 2. pl. ādhvam; p. āsāna, āsat [R.], and āsīna [see below]; āsāṃ-cakre [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 87]; āsiṣyate; āsiṣṭa; āsitum) to sit, sit down, rest, lie, RV.; AV.; ŚBr.; Mn.; MBh.; Śak. &c.; to be present; to exist; to inhabit, dwell in; to make one's abode in RV.; AV.; VS.; MBh. &c.; to sit quietly, abide, remain, continue, RV.; AV. &c.; to cease, have an end, Pañcat.; Daś.; Hit. &c.; to solemnize, celebrate; to do anything without interruption; to continue doing anything; to continue in any situation; to last; (it is used in the sense of ‘continuing’, with a participle, adj., or subst., e.g. etat sāma gāyann āste, ‘he continues singing this verse’; with an indeclinable participle in tvā, ya, or am, e.g. upa-rudhya arim āsīta, ‘he should continue blockading the foe’; with an adverb, e.g. tūṣṇīm āste, ‘he continues quiet’; sukham āsva, ‘continue well’; with an inst. case, e.g. sukhenāste, ‘he continues well’; with a dat. case, e.g. āstāṃ tuṣṭaye, ‘may it be to your satisfaction’) : Caus. āsayati, to cause any one to sit down Comm. on Pāṇ. : Desid. Ā. āsisiṣate, ib.;
āsīna mfn. sitting, seated.
āsīna pres. p. Sitting, seated; ˚pracalāyitaṃ nodding when seated, falling asleep.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
āsīna mfn. sitting, seated.
āsīna pres. p. Sitting, seated; ˚pracalāyitaṃ nodding when seated, falling asleep.
āsīna mfn. (-naḥ-nā-naṃ) Sitting, seated. E. āsa to sit, śānac affix, form irr.
1. ās ind. (an interjection implying joy, anger, menace, pain, affliction, recollection) Ah! Oh! &c.
2. ās cl. 2. Ā. āste (and āsate, AV. xi, 8, 32, &c.; Impv. 2. sg. ās-sva, āsva, and āsasva; 2. pl. ādhvam; p. āsāna, āsat [R.], and āsīna [see below]; āsāṃ-cakre [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 87]; āsiṣyate; āsiṣṭa; āsitum) to sit, sit down, rest, lie, RV.; AV.; ŚBr.; Mn.; MBh.; Śak. &c.; to be present; to exist; to inhabit, dwell in; to make one's abode in RV.; AV.; VS.; MBh. &c.; to sit quietly, abide, remain, continue, RV.; AV. &c.; to cease, have an end, Pañcat.; Daś.; Hit. &c.; to solemnize, celebrate; to do anything without interruption; to continue doing anything; to continue in any situation; to last; (it is used in the sense of ‘continuing’, with a participle, adj., or subst., e.g. etat sāma gāyann āste, ‘he continues singing this verse’; with an indeclinable participle in tvā, ya, or am, e.g. upa-rudhya arim āsīta, ‘he should continue blockading the foe’; with an adverb, e.g. tūṣṇīm āste, ‘he continues quiet’; sukham āsva, ‘continue well’; with an inst. case, e.g. sukhenāste, ‘he continues well’; with a dat. case, e.g. āstāṃ tuṣṭaye, ‘may it be to your satisfaction’) : Caus. āsayati, to cause any one to sit down Comm. on Pāṇ. : Desid. Ā. āsisiṣate, ib.;
Alternative readings
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